You may or may not be delighted to learn that I have given up on OneCare and
have scrubbed it from my computers.
Can I get my money back since the product doesn't do what I wanted it to do?
AMcF
"StephenB" <sboots@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> You can stop a PC from being a hub by opening OneCare on the hub, clicking
> on
> Your OneCare Circle, then clicking details for that computer name.
> Underneath
> will be a link that says "stop this PC from being a hub" (or similar
> words)
>
> You canot remove a PC from the Circle without causing that PC to become
> unsubscribed. You'll find "remove" on the details for each PC on the hub.
>
> There is no product between OneCare and Forefront, the latter being an
> Enterprise offering for larger businesses. It won't cost 45 mil, but it
> won't be
> cheap either, nor can you pick it up from a typical retailer as it is sold
> through Enterprise channels.
>
> -steve
>
> "Alex McFarlane" <alex@xxxxxx> wrote:
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>>Dear Steve,
>>Thank you for your most helpful reply.
>>How do you get your computers to "resign" from the circle and the hub
>>computer to recuse itself from the hubship?
>>Do microsoft make another product for lots of computers, i.e. more than 3?
>>Money is no object...mind you if I had 25 mil I wouldn't buy yahoo!
>>Regards
>>AMcF
>>
>>
>>"StephenB" <sboots@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>> "Alex McFarlane" <alex@xxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Dear All,
>>>>I find the limitation of only 3 users in a onecare circle to be irksome.
>>>>I
>>>>currently have 3 computers at home but 2 children are returning next
>>>>week
>>>>from boarding school and are bringing their laptops with them. I
>>>>purchased
>>>>onecare because NAV was useless with vista and felt that a microsoft
>>>>product
>>>>would be tailor made to run with microsoft OS's. Can the 3 computer
>>>>limit
>>>>be
>>>>extended? If so, how?
>>>>If not, can the cicle function be turned off but leaving the antivirus
>>>>and
>>>>defender functions running? All I want to run at home is a simple peer
>>>>to
>>>>peer network.
>>>>Thanks for your help
>>>>AMcF
>>>
>>> At this time it is up to 3 PCs on one subscription and only one
>>> subscription per
>>> LiveID.
>>> There was talk about being able to purcase more licenses to add to a
>>> base
>>> subscription, but nothing further has been announced. I don't know if
>>> this
>>> is a
>>> Billing system limitation.
>>>
>>> The Circle functions include Centralized backup - optional - and printer
>>> sharing, which can be turned off on the Printer Sharng tab on each PC
>>> running
>>> OneCare.
>>> If no PC has been promoted to be a hub, the above are the only Circle
>>> functions
>>> and they can all be turned off. A Circle is defined as all PCs activated
>>> with
>>> the same LiveID - on the same subscription.
>>>
>>> You can turn off backup, you can disable Printer Sharing, but the rest
>>> of
>>> OneCare is not optional.
>>>
>>> -steve
>>> --
>>> Stephen Boots
>>> MVP Windows Live
>>> Windows Live OneCare Forum Moderator
>>> sboots@xxxxxx
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> Stephen Boots
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